Exhibitions and Resources

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The collections at CCCA span over 400 years of history. This page contains a selection of images of documents from our collections. Please note that none of the images on our web site may be reused, transmitted, or published without the written permission of CCCA.

Notice from Poor Relief Commissioners, Dublin, to Cork Poor Law Union, during the Great Famine 1845-1949, concerning the setting up of Soup Kitchens to feed the starving. (31 December 1846, Cork Poor Law Union records)

Cork County Grand Jury, Schedule of Presentments Granted, Spring 1898. (In 1899, Cork County Council was established following the abolition of the Grand Juries)

Drawing of Castlehyde House near Fermoy, County Cork, (1851)

Photograph of St. Patricks Bridge, and Lavitt’s Quay, Cork City, showing the old Opera House, also named the Athenaeum (c.1900, Wilkie Photographs)